Neos.Form.FusionRenderer

A Flow Form Framework preset for Fusion based Form rendering

The Flow Form Framework comes with a preset that uses Fluid to render Form Elements by default. This package allows to use Fusion instead to render Forms.

Related Packages

Make sure to have a look at the other Flow Form Framework Related Packages

Usage

Install this package using composer:

composer require neos/form-fusionrenderer

Note: This package requires the neos/form package in version 4.1 or higher

Afterwards a new Form preset fusion is available to be used/extended. This preset extends the default preset of the Flow Form Framework and it comes with a Fusion prototype for each of the default Form Element definitions.

When using it together with the Neos.NodeTypes.Form package the preset can be changed like this:

prototype(Neos.NodeTypes.Form:Form) {
  presetName = 'fusion'
}

When rendering a form from Fluid, the preset can be set in the corresponding ViewHelper:

{namespace form=Neos\Form\ViewHelpers}
 <form:render factoryClass="NameOfYourCustomFactoryClass" presetName="fusion" />

Note: It's recommended to extend/create your own preset to adjust it to your needs

See Form Framework documentation for more details about presets.

Adjust the rendering

By default the fusion preset renders a form similar to what the default preset renders (if the Fluid Templates haven't been modified) with the following exceptions:

• The ImageUpload & FileUpload fields won't render any inline JavaScript
• The DatePicker field won't render a JS based date picker but use the HTML5 type attribute instead

The Fusion prototypes for rendering Form Elements are expected to have the same name as the corresponding Form Element definition, including namespace. So for the Neos.Form:SingleLineText there is a corresponding Fusion prototype with the same name for example.

Any valid Fusion object can be used and they will have access to the following context variables:

• formRuntime The current Neos\Form\Core\Runtime\FormRuntime instance
• element The actual Neos\Form\Core\Model\FormElementInterface instance representing the current Form Element
• containerElement The parent Neos\Form\Cor\Model\AbstractSection (e.g. Section or Page) of the current Form Element

All provided Form Element prototypes extend the Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:FormElement to make it easier to adjust the rendering for all elements.

Tip: Have a look at the existing Form Element Fusion Prototypes to see how simple they are

Important: When overriding Fusion prototypes make sure that the Package loading order is set correctly (i.e. that the package with the customizations has a dependency to the neos/form-fusionrenderer package) or else they might not have any effect.

Example: Render Form Element label as placeholder

To render Form Element labels as placeholders of the corresponding input field, the folling Fusion snippet works:

prototype(Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:FormElement) {
    # remove the whole label rendering
    label >

    # set the fields "placeholder" attribute to the Form Element Label
    fieldContainer.field.attributes.placeholder = ${element.label}
}

Adding custom Form Element Types

This package comes with Fusion Prototypes for all Form Element definitions of the default preset. The real strength of the Form Framework comes with custom presets and Form Elements.

Example: Custom Email address Form Element

Rather than using the SingleLineText Element with the EmailAddressValidator it's a good idea to create a custom field for email addresses. This makes it easier to adjust the looks and behavior of the field and makes it much easier to use.

First, the new Form Element definition is needed in the respective Form preset (We assume the fusion preset here):

Settings.yaml:

Neos:
  Form:
    presets:
      'fusion':
        formElementTypes:
          'Your.Package:EmailAddress':
            superTypes:
              'Neos.Form:FormElement': true
              'Neos.Form:TextMixin': true
            validators:
              -
                identifier: 'Neos.Flow:EmailAddress'

Note: In this and the following examples, feel free to replace "Your.Package" with your own package key

Now that Your.Package:EmailAddress Form Element can be used in any Form Definition that is rendered via the fusion preset.

Trying to render it, however, will lead to an exception:

The Fusion object `Your.Package:EmailAddress` is not completely defined (missing property `@class`). Most likely you didn't inherit from a basic object.

Let's change this.

First configure FusionRenderer to include your custom Fusion code:

Neos:
  Form:
    FusionRenderer:
      fusionAutoInclude:
        'Your.Package': true

then define the rendering in your own fusion:

EmailAddressFormElement.fusion:

prototype(Your.Package:EmailAddress) < prototype(Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:FormElement) {
    fieldContainer {
        field {
            tagName = 'input'
            attributes {
                type = 'email'
                name = ${elementName}
                value = ${elementValue}
            }
        }
    }
}

That's all. Most of the rendering logic is defined in the Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:FormElement object, only the tag name and some attributes have to be specified.

Note: In the Form Element definition we attached the EmailAddressValidator, so this doesn't have to be added manually. In addition we set the input type attribute to email which adds browser validation, too

Example: Custom Composite Form Element

Another very good use for custom Form Elements are composite elements. Those are elements that render more than one input. The Neos.Form:PasswordWithConfirmation Form Element is one example of the default preset.

Let's add a custom Field that renders honorific title, given name and family name fields at once.

First we add the Form Element definition

Settings.yaml:

Neos:
  Form:
    presets:
      'fusion':
        formElementTypes:
          'Your.Package:NameAndTitle':
            superTypes:
              'Neos.Form:FormElement': true
            properties:
              # options for the honorific title
              options:
                'mr': 'Mr.'
                'mrs': 'Mrs.'
                'dr': 'Dr.'

And the corresponding Fusion object to render the Form Element:

NameAndTitleFormElement.fusion:

prototype(Your.Package:NameAndTitle) < prototype(Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:FormElement) {
    fieldContainer {
        field = Neos.Fusion:Array {
            title = Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:FormElementField {
                tagName = 'select'
                attributes {
                    name = ${elementName + '[title]'}
                }
                content = Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:SelectOptions {
                    itemRenderer = Neos.Fusion:Tag {
                        tagName = 'option'
                        attributes.value = ${optionValue}
                        attributes.selected = ${optionSelected}
                        content = ${optionLabel}
                    }
                }
            }
            givenName = Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:FormElementField {
                tagName = 'input'
                attributes {
                    type = 'text'
                    name = ${elementName + '[givenName]'}
                    value = ${elementValue.givenName}
                }
            }
            familyName = Neos.Form.FusionRenderer:FormElementField {
                tagName = 'input'
                attributes {
                    type = 'text'
                    name = ${elementName + '[familyName]'}
                    value = ${elementValue.familyName}
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

In this case we replace the field to be an Neos.Fusion:Array.

Note: The element type of the composite element will be array, you can refer to the individual values (e.g. in the ConfirmationFinisher message) via dot-syntax (for example theElement.givenName)